Sun | Ultra 27 Workstation

Introduced in March of 2009 as the replacement for the Ultra 24, the Sun Ultra 27 was Sun’s fourth generation of an x86/x64 based workstation, and was the second to use an Intel CPU – the Intel Xeon 3500 series Quad-Core processor. The CPU was offered in 4 speeds: the 2.66GHz W3520, the 2.93GHz W3540, the 3.20GHz W3570, and the 3.33GHz W3580. The Ultra 27 has 6 DIMM slots and can be configured with up to 12GB RAM using 2GB DIMMs.

It can support one to four 3.5” 300 GB, or 450 GB 15K SAS, or 250 GB, 750 GB, or 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA disk drives.

The Ultra 27 workstations was EOL’d (end-of-lifed) in June of 2010, and was the last single processor workstation to be offered by Sun Microsystems, which started business as a provider of workstations.

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Intel Xeon 3500 series Quad-Core Processor

2.93GHz Quad-Core Xeon W3540

3.20GHz Quad-Core Xeon W3570

3.33GHz Quad-Core Xeon W3580, RoHS:Y

Cache Memory

256K Level 2 per core, 8MB Level 3 shared across 4 cores

256K Level 2 per core, 8MB Level 3 shared across 4 cores

256K Level 2 per core, 8MB Level 3 shared across 4 cores

Graphics Accelerator

nVIDIA Quadro FX1800 Graphics Accelerator, RoHS:Y

nVIDIA Quadro FX3800 Graphics Accelerator

nVIDIA Quadro FX5800 Graphics Accelerator, RoHS:Y

Memory

6GB (6 X 1GB DIMM)

12GB (6 x 2GB DIMM)

12GB (6 x 2GB DIMM)

3.5" 3GB/SEC Disk Drive

4 X 300GB - 15K RPM SAS

4 X450GB - 15K RPM SAS

4 X 1TB - 7200RPM SATA

Audio

Line-in/Line-out jacks on the rear of the chassis; microphone-in jack on the front and rear of the chassis; headphone-out jack on the front of the chassis

Line-in/Line-out jacks on the rear of the chassis; microphone-in jack on the front and rear of the chassis; headphone-out jack on the front of the chassis

Line-in/Line-out jacks on the rear of the chassis; microphone-in jack on the front and rear of the chassis; headphone-out jack on the front of the chassis